Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio kelima miliknya yang bertajuk Trust.
Album bergenre pop rock tersebut dirilis melalui label F-Beat Records dan berhasil menduduki posisi kesembilan di UK Albums Chart.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Clubland” dari Elvis Costello.
[Intro]
E Em
[Verse]
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
With a handful of backhanders
Bm G C#m7b5 F# Bm G C#m7b5 F#
And a bevy of beauty Going off-limits, going off duty
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Going off the rails, going off with booty
G Em
The tell-tales of fiction found on all the criminal types
Bm G C#m7b5 F# Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Lead to a higher ranking man Or a face within red stripes
B F# B F#
The boys next door The mums and dads
B F# B F#
New-weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had
B G#m7 F#
In Clubland... In Clubland
[Verse 2]
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
There's a piece in someone's pocket
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
To do the dirty work
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
You've come to shoot the pony
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
They've come to do the jerk
G Em
They lead 'em halfway to paradise; they leave you halfway to bliss
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
The ladies' invitation
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Never seemed like this
[Chorus]
B F# B F#
The boys next door The mums and dads
B F# B F#
New-weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had
B G#m7 F#
In Clubland In Clubland
[Interlude]
E B Em6 F#7
BaddE AaddE G F# D E D E
The long arm of the law slides up the outskirts of town
BaddE AaddE G F# D E D E
Mean.....while in Clubland they are ready to pull them down......hey!
[Break]
Bm C#m7b5 F# Bm C#m7b5 F# Bm C#m7b5 F# Bm C#m7b5 F#
[Verse 3]
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
The right to work is traded in
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
For the right to refuse admission
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Don't pass out now- there's no refund
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Did you find out what you were missing?
G Em
The crowd is taking forty winks, minus ten percent
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
You barely get required sleep
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
To go lingering with contentment
G Em
Thursday to Saturday, money's gone already
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Some things come in common these days
Bm G C#m7b5 F#
Your hands and work aren't steady
[Chorus]
B F# B F#
The boys next door The mums and dads
B F# B F#
New-weds and nearly-deads Have you ever been had
B G#m7 F# [x4] E Em Bm
In Clubland?
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